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Oscillometry changes reflect clinically meaningful improvement after bronchial thermoplasty for uncontrolled asthma: A case report [PDF]

Respirology Case Reports
Asthma is a highly prevalent but heterogenous condition. Uncontrolled disease is relatively common and may be due to ongoing inflammation and/or persisting bronchial hyper‐reactivity. Bronchial thermoplasty has been in use for many years but optimal case
Niranjan Setty, Alice Crawford, Brooke Kyle, Dhaval Thakkar, Rajesh Thomas, John Blakey   +5 more
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Efficacy of tezepelumab against uncontrolled severe non‐type 2 asthma refractory to bronchial thermoplasty, benralizumab, dupilumab and mepolizumab [PDF]

Respirology Case Reports
Severe asthma affects approximately 5%–10% of patients with asthma. Herein, we describe a case of non‐type 2 asthma that progressively worsened over the years. An 80‐year‐old woman was diagnosed with asthma 11 years back.
Yoshiro Kai, Kentaro Suzuki, Ryosuke Kataoka, Ichiro Sato, Shinji Tamaki, Shigeo Muro   +5 more
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A Case Series of Patients Undergoing Bronchial Thermoplasty a Second Time for Severe Asthma [PDF]

Journal of Asthma and Allergy
Chuan T Foo,1,2 David Langton,2,3 Francis Thien1,2 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3Department of Thoracic ...
Foo CT, Langton D, Thien F
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Beyond bronchial thermoplasty – where to now? [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: With the impending ‘retirement’ of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) for the treatment of patients with asthma, there is much to learn from this real-world experiment that will help us develop more effective future therapies with the same primary ...
Peter B. Noble, David Langton, Chuan T. Foo, Bruce R. Thompson, Alvenia Cairncross, Michael J. Hackmann, Francis Thien, Graham M. Donovan   +7 more
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Bronchial Thermoplasty Global Registry (BTGR): 2-year results [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a device-based treatment for subjects ≥18 years with severe asthma not well controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonists.
David Langton, Robert Niven, Keertan Dheda, Christian Schulz, Luis Puente, Dirk Skowasch, Peter I Bonta, Alfons Torrego, Stephen Bicknell, Felix J Herth, Ana M Munoz-Fernandez, Nicola Facciolongo, Mauro Novali, Stefano Gasparini, Martina Bonifazi, Felipe Andreo, Praha Votruba, Javier Flandes, David Fielding, Kaid Darwiche, Edmund McMullen, G. Mark Grubb   +21 more
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Endobronchial Ultrasound is Useful in the Assessment of Bronchial Wall Changes Related to Bronchial Thermoplasty [PDF]

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2023
Jerzy Soja,1,2 Karolina Górka,1,2 Iwona Gross-Sondej,1,2 Bogdan Jakieła,2 Sławomir Mikrut,3 Krzysztof Okoń,4 Adam Ćmiel,5 Piotr Sadowski,4 Wojciech Szczeklik,6 Anna Andrychiewicz,7 Tomasz Stachura,1,2 Grażyna Bochenek,1,2
Soja J, Górka K, Gross-Sondej I, Jakieła B, Mikrut S, Okoń K, Ćmiel A, Sadowski P, Szczeklik W, Andrychiewicz A, Stachura T, Bochenek G, Bazan-Socha S, Sładek K   +13 more
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Tentative study on radial endobronchial ultrasonography evaluating airway wall thickness before and after bronchial thermoplasty [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022
Aim: We aimed to observe the clinical practicing value of radial endobronchial ultrasonography evaluating airway wall thickness before and after bronchial thermoplasty. Methods: We selected two patients who received bronchial thermoplasty in our hospital.
Shang Yan, Huang Haidong, Zhu Chengjie, Wang Qin, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Lutz Freitag, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Christos Arnaoutoglou, Aris Ioannidis, Bai Chong   +10 more
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Bronchial Thermoplasty in Asthma

Allergology International, 2006
In this review we discuss the potential of a new procedure, termed Bronchial Thermoplasty to prevent serious consequences resulting from excessive airway narrowing.
Wayne Mitzner
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Bronchial thermoplasty: activations predict response [PDF]

Respiratory Research, 2017
Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an emerging bronchoscopic intervention for the treatment of severe asthma. The predictive factors for clinical response to BT are unknown.
David Langton, Joy Sha, Alvin Ing, David Fielding, Francis Thien, Virginia Plummer   +5 more
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Dual biologics for severe asthma and atopic dermatitis: Synopsis of two cases and literature review

Respirology Case Reports
The efficacy and safety of the combination of biologic therapies remain unclear with an ineffective and insufficient single biologic for managing asthma. Herein, we report two cases using dual biologics for severe asthma and atopic dermatitis.
Takeshi Matsumoto, Yumiko Sakurai, Noriyuki Tashima, Tomoya Matoba, Akiko Kaneko, Takahiro Fujiki, Yusuke Kusakabe, Emi Nakayama, Ayaka Tanaka, Mayuko Tashima, Naoki Yamamoto, Kensaku Aihara   +11 more
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